Last month, Distributed Sun (D-SUN) and Washington Gas Energy Systems announced plans to co-develop and finance the on-site renewable energy solutions for Cornell University’s proposed NYC Tech Campus on New York City’s Roosevelt Island. The Cornell proposal includes renewable energy generation from integrated solar, geothermal, and fuel cell power sources to contribute approximately nine gigawatt-hours of electricity annually. D-SUN will provide distributed solar arrays totaling 1.8 megawatts, as well as a geothermal system with 400 wells at 500-foot depths across four acres. Additionally, fuel cells will generate 22,500 million British thermal units from natural gas per year. This mix of renewable energy solutions has the potential to reduce conventional electricity consumption at the campus by as much as 75 percent. According to D-SUN CEO Chase Weir, the project is a “t...